Local obituaries for Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon.
Lucille Ora French
Jan 29, 2011
Lucille was born in Portland, Oregon. She was adopted and raised by her paternal grandmother, Mary Daisy French. She attended public schools in Portland. In 1963, she joined the Foreign Service and had an exciting and "bordering on dangerous" life in Turkey, Libya, and the Belgian Congo, now called Democratic Republic of Congo. After leaving the Foreign Service, she attended...
Linda Cheryl Petersen
Jan 26, 2011
Linda Cheryl Henning Petersen was born June 4, 1950, and died January 26, 2011, at the age of 60, due to complication from her fight with diabetes and CML. She graduated from Cleveland High School 1967 and attended Southern Oregon College in Ashland. Member of the Solid Rock Baptist Church, she enjoyed teaching kindergarten Sunday school class. Linda had a...
Wm. Roger Stevenson
Jan 3, 2011
Wm. "Roger" Stevenson died unexpectedly at his home in Damascus, Or at the age of 67 on 1/3/11. Roger was born January 30th, 1943 to Evaline Jurnberg and Clarence Stevenson. He graduated from Parkrose High School in 1961, attended trade school to become an electrician working for 37 years at Heil Electric and was a member of IBEW #48. Roger...
David Walter Fleck
Jan 2, 2011
David was born on April 19, 1955 in Portland to Robert and Dorothy Fleck. He attended Beaumont Elementary and graduated from Grant High School in 1973. He attended Willamette University on a scholarship for two years, and during his sophomore year he studied as a foreign exchange student in Ireland. David graduated with a B.S. in Economics from Portland State...
Opriniano Pauig Mora
Dec 28, 2010
Opriniano was born to Pedro and Leonarda (Pauig)Mora on February 2, 1938 in Alibago Enrile Cagagyan Valley, Phillipines. He met and married the love of his life, Maura Zingaban and shared over 50 wonderful years together. From this union they had three children: Magdalana (Armstrong), Selmo Mora, Julie (Mullen) and Mimi (Musser). Opriniano worked at Albertson's grocery store where he...
George Betts Calder
Dec 26, 2010
George Calder passed away peacefully with his family gathered around and resting under his favorite U of O Ducks blanket Sunday the 26th of December. The Calder family were early Oregon pioneers moving to the Baker City area in the 1800's. But George's father sought his future elsewhere finally moving to Portland in the 1930's. Though the family struggled, he...
David Earl Hoover
Dec 22, 2010
David was born on March 3, 1917 in Columbus, New Mexico to William and Iva Hoover. He was living in California when he met Elza Mack. They married on February 18, 1945 in Reno, Nevada. David and Elza moved to Medford, Oregon in 1961 and then to Portland in 1965. David was an aviation mechanical engineer. They were members of...
Athanasios Elftherios Katsavopoulos
Dec 19, 2010
Athanasios "Saki" Katsavopoulos June 28, 1947 -- Dec. 19, 2010 A native of Patras, Greece, Saki came to Portland in 1974 as a merchant seaman and fell in love with Sotiria "Sandra" Katchis; they married that year and had two sons, Leftheri & Ianni. As a youth in Greece he served as an elite Evzone guard in the army and...
Beatrice Dora Hazlett
Dec 14, 2010
Beatrice Dora Hazlett was born on September 30, 1927 in Brooks, Minnesota, the daughter of Hector and Rose Varin. She was married to Robert B. Hazlett and had worked in Community Affairs at Providence St. Vincent Hospital. She passed away on December 14, 2010 at the age of 83 and is survived by her husband, Robert; her son David Hazlett;...
Samuel Lee Brown
Dec 8, 2010
Samuel Lee Brown was born in Phoenix, Arizona on February 7, 1960 to John and Corine Brown. The family later relocated to Portland, Oregon. Samuel had worked as a cook. He passed away on December 8, 2010 in Portland, Oregon at the age of 50 years. He is survived by his mother Corine Brown; his brothers: Vesther Brown, Tommie Lee...
Vivian Elaine Sutton
Dec 3, 2010
Sadly we announce the passing of Vivian Elaine Sutton of Portland. Vivian was born in Portland Oregon to Harold and Mabel Ross. Vivian grew up in Milwaukie and Portland. She graduated from Franklin High School. She married Howard E. Sutton in July of 1944, and became a beloved wife and mother of four children. Vivian enjoyed cooking, sewing and bowling....
Willie E. Hargrove
Dec 1, 2010
Willie E. "Jack" Hargrove was born to the late Elmer Hargrove and Maybelle Allen Hargrove in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on February 2, 1924. He accepted Christ at an early age and attended Hurricane Baptist Church under the leadership of the late C.H. Robinson. He was educated in the Tuscaloosa County Public School System and attended Stillman College until he entered the...
Betty Jean Hicks
Nov 30, 2010
Betty Jean Hicks was born in Memphis, Texas on March 10, 1929 to Benjamin Kirk and Buenetta Kirk (née Nickles). Betty married Rev. Willis Hicks and they moved to Portland, Oregon in 1957. They fell in love with the rainy days and plush green terrain of Oregon and decided to become official Oregonians by purchasing land in the city and...
Ruth Arlis Mathews
Nov 27, 2010
Ruth Arlis Burke was born January 29, 1929 in Pierre South Dakota to Thomas W. Burke and Mary E (Wold) Burke. She grew up on the prairies of South Dakota with her older Sister Mary Ellen and younger brother, John. Her fondest childhood memories are when they lived with her maternal grandparents, Hans and Pearl Wold in the "Black Hills"...
Beate Ann Pitts
Nov 1, 2010
Betty died at her daughter's home with family. She was born in Portland to Beate and William Albright. She was a lifelong resident of Oregon and would not have wanted to live anywhere else. She retired from Crown Zellerbach and enjoyed those retirement years with family and friends. Betty's life was always centered around her family. Mother's persona was clear:...
Ben Butler
Oct 25, 2010
Ben Butler, Jr. was born on August 19, 1951 in Bakersfield, California to Ben Butler, Sr. and Gennie Mae (Evans) Butler. He had worked as a line cook and a chef for many years. He was married to Wilma (Joseph) Butler. Ben passed away on October 18, 2010 at his home in Portland at the age of 59. He is...
Jason Tanner Summerfield
Oct 22, 2010
Jason Tanner Summerfield was born in Wheatridge, Colorado on November 8, 1980 and died on October 22, 2010 in a tragic motorcycle accident. Jason was an apprentice Mason and was working on opening an MMA Gym. Jason is survived by his wife, Kaylee Summerfield, mother Lisa Veach, and sister Dana Summerfield. Memorial services will be held on November 8, 2010...
John Griffin Cadigan
Oct 20, 2010
John Griffin Cadigan was born on January 14, 1961 in Billings, Montana to John Cadigan and Connie Griffin. He was educated in Portland, attending Benson and Roosevelt High Schools, Portland Community College, and I.T.T. Technical Institute. He graduated from I.T.T. Technical Institute in 1988 and earned his Associate Degree. In the 1980's he worked at various jobs as a Sous-chef....
Lewis Chester Bohl
Oct 20, 2010
Lewis Bohl was born in Stonington, Colorado. He graduated from Mollala High School in 1938. He served in the US Army Corp of Engineers during WWII and later in the Air Force. He married Carolyn in 1946, until her passing in 2002. Lewis spent most of his working years as a civil engineer for Bonneville Power. Following his retirement, he...
Lela Mae Camel
Oct 13, 2010
Obituary On November 1, 1925 the world was blessed with a special gift named Lela Mae Camel. This blessing was born to Ross Hart, Sr. and Claracy Clewis Hart in Palestine Texas. This beautiful wife, mother, and grandmother with a heart of gold would go on to touch the hearts and souls of everyone she met. At a young age,...
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